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Donald Trump’s gang of misfits
His campaign manager was once arrested for bringing a gun into a House office building. His Iowa campaign co-chair is a reality television star who says politics is “not my lane.” He hired a self-described “rabid tea party activist” who proved too rabid for like-minded activists and resigned. And that’s not the half of it.
Read More >>Poll: Trump continues his post-debate rise
Donald Trump keeps helicoptering upward in the Republican primary.
The golf-course entrepreneur and presidential candidate is out in front once more in a new CNN/ORC poll of Republicans released Tuesday.
Read More >>Handicapping the 2016 Field, Round Three
A different way to slice the GOP race
It’s a commonplace to say that the Republican presidential contest, with its vast field, consists of races within a race. Pre-Trump, we could discern three sub-races — conservative, moderate-conservative, and evangelical.
Read More >>What We’ve Learned Since the Republican Debates
It was the most significant week yet in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.
Tech executive Carly Fiorina’s hopes rose—along with her poll numbers, fundraising, and crowd counts—after a masterful performance at the GOP’s first debate, albeit a breakout showing for the also-ran candidates who trailed in public polling.
Read More >>The Donald Show to arrive by chopper
The Donald Show will make a big Iowa entrance on Saturday.
Donald Trump, the newly crowned frontrunner in the GOP presidential race in Iowa, will arrive by helicopter for his afternoon at the Iowa State Fairgrounds, campaign aides said Thursday.
Read More >>Insiders: Trump can’t win early states
Six in 10 Republican insiders in the early states say Donald Trump can’t win Iowa or New Hampshire.
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